According to the book “Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi”, when the siege of Dong Quan began, Le Loi and the Lam Son Insurgent Command arranged their forces as follows: Commanding the siege of the North Gate were generals Ly Trien and Le Van An. Besieging the West Gate were generals Bui Be, Le Nguyen and Le Chung. Besieging the South gate were generals Dinh Le, Le Sat, Nguyen Ly and Nguyen Chich. Besieging the East Gate was General Pham Van. This siege caused Vuong Thong in the citadel to fall into an increasingly desperate situation. His only fragile hope was to wait for reinforcements.
At the end of 1427, the Ming Dynasty sent 150,000 troops to rescue Vuong Thong who was trapped in Thang Long citadel. That was the highest and last effort of the Ming dynasty. Faced with that situation, Le Loi and the Lam Son Insurgent Command decided on a strategy of continuing to surround and lure Vuong Thong into surrender, while quickly dispatching troops to the border to completely crush the invaders’ ambitions. At that time, General Bui Be was appointed to stay and command the force besieging Dong Quan. Once again, he successfully completed the task, not allowing Vuong Thong to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack.
Painting of famous general Bui Bi. Photo: Binh Phuoc Online.
After the reinforcements of Lieu Thang and Moc Thanh were defeated by the Lam Son army, Vuong Thong had no other choice but to surrender and withdraw all his troops back to the country. But instead of entering Dongguan to accept Vuong Thong’s unconditional surrender, to ease the humiliation of the invaders and also to open up a good opportunity to establish friendly relations later on. , Le Loi and Nguyen Trai organized the Dong Quan Oath Conference. That is, the ceremony to receive the surrender in a special form. Vuong Thong was forced to go to Le Loi’s headquarters to swear that he would withdraw his troops from our country.
Attending the Dong Quan Oath Conference, on Lam Son’s side, in addition to Le Loi, there were also generals: Tran Nguyen Han, Luu Nhan Chu, Pham Van, Le Ngan, Pham Van Xao, Bui Be, Trinh Kha, Nguyen Chich, Nguyen Ly , Pham Boi, Le Van An, Be Khac Thieu and Ma Luan. On the Ming side, in addition to Vuong Thong, there were also generals under his command: Ma Anh, Son Tho, Ma Ky, Tran Tri, Ly An, Phuong Chinh, Tran Tuan, Tran Huu, Chu Ky Han, Quach Vinh Thanh, Duc Khiem, Luc Quang Binh, Hong Binh Luong, Luc Trinh, Duong Thoi Tap and Quach Doan.
Like other generals, famous General Bui Bi at that time proved to be a man worthy of the great trust of Le Loi and the Lam Son command. He not only demonstrated the majesty of a battle-experienced general, but also showed the proud posture of those representing an indomitable nation, and also demonstrated the goodwill of the people. The victory was full of humanity and truly wanted to avoid long-term military trouble for both countries in the future.
In 1428, the Le Dynasty decided to reward generals who had accomplished many outstanding achievements in the resistance war against the invading Ming invaders. At that time, famous general Bui Bi was one of the people given the national name Le. Therefore, history often records his full name as Le Bi.
Unfortunately, today, too few documents about him remain. Even the year of his death is still unknown to historians. However, according to some other documents, in 1453, the Le court organized posthumous titles for a number of founding heroes. He and Dinh Le and Ly Trien both enjoyed this privilege. That also means he must have died after 1453.
According to historical books handed down to this day, Bui Bi is one of the most outstanding commanders of the Lam Son insurgent army. His merits and talents were not only preserved by history books, the Le court and contemporaries, but also by posterity today and forever. However, the more we respect Bui Bi, the more posterity will honor Le Loi. Because he was not only the first king of the Later Le Dynasty, the leader of the Lam Son uprising, but he was also a brilliant general, who had a keen eye for seeing people and a tolerant heart. everybody. It is this style that has helped Le Loi make a great career.
Yes, since humans were born in this universe, everyone knows that to be a tree, there must be roots, water has a source, everyone must have a homeland, ancestors, grandparents, parents, brothers. me and my relatives. But what is worth pondering from the above anecdote is how future generations today and forever will live so as not to be ashamed of their predecessors. If anyone does not understand this, that person is certainly not a descendant of Lac Hong.
